SURVEY: The Gaeltacht of an tEachreidh spans Annaghadown, Claregalway and Carnmore on the East side of the Corrib in County Galway. It is quite distinct from the Connemara and other Connacht Gaeltachtai, The Coiste in conjunction with a language Planning Officer are progressing the work and as an initial stage a survey of residents in… Read more »

From the Journal.ie From the garden: Grow, Cook, Eat is back on TV this month and we’ll be tackling food waste We’ll be teaching you to grow onions, pumpkins, sweetcorn, courgettes, kale, beans and chillis for all shapes and sizes of gardens, writes Michael Kelly. Michael KellyGrower IF YOU ARE space constrained in your growing,… Read more »

Galway Advertiser Truly tasty and consistent: these are a few words that describe how Treat Cafe has operated in the Galway area for 12 years via its cafes and restaurants in Claregalway and Lackagh, its canteen restaurant called Stock at Athenry Mart, and its Healthy & Hearty catering outlets in a number of schools…. Read more »

A Passion for Gardening and Gardens! Mother’s Day Mothers Day is a day when we honour the mothers in our lives – our mothers, grandmothers and our godmothers. It is a day of celebration, love and thanksgiving for these wonderful women. At Horkans, we really understand how important a mother is and how important it… Read more »

Passport Application by thereluctantemigrant Far from thinking I deserved special treatment just cos I’m Irish n’all, long before the time came that my 3-year-old daughters passport was due to expire, I applied for her new one because I knew that the passport office would likely to be flat our issuing passport to folks that fancied an… Read more »

Onion Sets Dear Fellow Gardeners, Onion Sets We would like to let you know that our onion sets have just arrived. The variety is Forum – it’s a wonderful early maturing variety with round bulbs, great disease resistance and excellent flavour. It is bolt resistant and one of the earliest types to mature. It’s often… Read more »

Spring Gardening with Paraic With spring truly breaking over the last couple of weeks, and Saint Patricks day around the corner, now is a great time to assess your garden and get it prepared for the summer. The shamrock that we so proudly adorn at this time of year to represent our Irish heritage is… Read more »

The Battle of Knockdoe Knockdoe Hill, site of the battle in 1504 The Battle of Knockdoe as painted by John Dalton THE BATTLE OF KNOCKDOE On the 19th August, 1504, a little known battle took place on the low hill of Knockdoe, eight miles north-east of Galway City. Knockdoe or cnoc-tuath “hill of the axes” stands at… Read more »

Emerging Adults by thereluctantemigrant Almost everyone that comes to Qatar has an end goal in mind. They say that they just want to try something different, they say the want to gain valuable diverse experience that will enhance their career, they say that they fancy life in the sun for a while, but the reality is,… Read more »

“Tell me I’ll forget…Show me I’ll remember…include me and I’ll understand” It has felt like a dark and long January, but even now the days are lengthening. There are some strange things happening: daffodils are blooming, people are cutting grass, vegetables are growing, birds are singing, but in January this is a little disconcerting…. Nobody… Read more »

What legacy are we handing to the next generation? The decisions we make today have a direct impact not only on our lives but also on our planet and the lives of our children tomorrow. Napoleon Bonaparte said “Nothing is more difficult and therefore more precious that being able to decide..” We think we are… Read more »

Where is Claregalway?

Claregalway is a rural Gaeltacht town and parish in county Galway, Ireland. The name has nothing to do with county Clare; it comes from the Clare River, which flows through the parish. The town has recently transformed into a vibrant, semi-suburban hub, with thousands of new residents now calling it home. Here you can read about Claregalway’s history or check it out on a map.

What is this website?

Consider it a modern day watering hole. It’s a connection point for locals, wherever they might be in the world. It aims to nurture the growing community of Claregalway by facilitating a locally generated ‘living history’ of the village. This website was designed and built voluntarily as a service to the community. Find out more.

Claregalway.info is the online presence of Nuacht Chláir—the community-curated newsletter for Claregalway since 1996—and was created voluntarily as a service to the community. Nuacht Chláir kindly thanks Claregalway Historical & Cultural Society for their permission to publish from their book Claregalway Parish History—750 Years in the History section.